Improved cattle-car



Z. STREET.

, CATTLE OAR. 'No 96.500. Patented Nov. 2, 1869.

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Letters Patent N 96,500, dated November 2, 1869.

IMPROVED CATTLE-CAR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, ZADOK STREET, of Salem, in the county of Onlumbian'a, and State ol' .()hio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stock-Oars, of which the following is a description.

Nature and Objects of the'Iu-vention.

The object or my invention is to provide for the transportation oi live stock (especially cattle) without suffering from violence-oriatigue, or from the deprivation of air, food, or water, and with the greatest possible economy of roonu To these ends, I construct my car with hinged adjustable and removable partitions, so that each animal may be separated from its neighbors, while the spaces allotted to them are regulated in accordance with the size of the animals.

The hinging of each partition at one end adapts them to swing similarlyIozgatcs, so that as eachv aui.-.

mal takes its place in the car, a partition is closed and bolted beside it, after which another animal is put in,

and so on till the car is full. I

Spaces are formed iuthe lower edges of-the partitions,

to alibrd more room for the legs audabdomens; of the animals, whenlying down, without allowing room, enough to endanger the animal getting l'ast under the partition.

l'he animals heads are confined by yokcs, which are formed by boards, projecting horizontally from each side of each partition, near its hinged end, and adapted to close easily upon the neck, as the partition is swung into position. 'lheyokesare adjustable in the extentoi' their projection, to suit ditfcrcnt'animals.

lroughs are provided for feeding and watering the stock at stalions'along the road, so that they may be conveyed to any distance, without sufi'eriug orinjury, and consequently without the great loss to their owners, which now commonly occurs.

Description are 1h Reference 10 the Lrmrings.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 shows a plan of my. improved stock-car with the roof removed.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section at xx, fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse section at 3 3 iigs. 1 and 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corros ioudhw parts in the. several views.

The roof A,sides B, and floor O,inay be constructed in the manner usual in cattle-cars.

1) represents a trough, for feed and water, extending from'end to end, along that side of the car toward which the animals face.

E E represent partitions or gates, secured at one end by hook-hinges e e, so that they may swing freely or be entirely'removed, when required. I

Their free ends are held by bolts, F F, when in their closed position, as shown-at- ]l E, in all the figures.

At E, in jigs. 1 and 2 2, the partitions are shown swung I back, to admit the cattle.

G G are vertical bars, or slabs of wood, or metal, projecting from the sides of the gates Il, near their hinged ends, and serving, when the gates are closed, to confinethc heads of the cattle.

These bars or slabs are attached to their supporting-brackets 1-1 by bolts h, passing through any of' series of holes, 9 g y, or they are made adjustable by' other means.

The gatc-att-aclnnents are also made adjustable in any proper way, so that the gate may be set nearer together.orihrther apzu'ato suit animals of dili'erent sizes. In the present illustration, this adjustment is provided by a series of holes for the reception of the attaching-bolts of the hinges.

An open space, under the central part ofcach gate, affords room for the legs of the animals, or the greater projection of their bodies when lying down, but vertical bars or parts, a, forming parts of the frame of the gate, and projecting nearly down to the floor, at or near the hips, prevent any danger oftlie animal gettingfiiuled or fast; beneath the gate The gates can, if preferred, be suspended from the top of the car, and letdown while in use, instead of being swung from the side of the car, as shown. In either case they are readily placed upon beams, to a, or

.iii any manner stowed away in or on the top of the car, so as to leave its entire capacity for use in stowiug dead freight on the return trip.

Operation. The partitiou-firstenings having been adjusted to about the proper distance asunder to suit the animals to be conveyed, and the gates huu'g tor one-half of the car, and swung open, as each ox walks in, he is followed up with thegate, so that by the time he reaches his place, he is in a stall, with his head fastened with greater security and comfort than if tied with a rope. In this way an entire carmay be loaded in a few seconds, ready for feeding or moving. The entire space of the car is thus utilized, for, when lying down, the animals will actually lie against one another from end to end of the car, so that the pzu'titiom, though very valuable and etticicnt iu promoiiag the comfort and sccurityot' the animals, actually take up no space when properly constructed and applied.

At proper.intervals along the road, men should be stationed with necessary appliances for feeding an.l

watering, water being provided at one station, meal or grain at another, and hay at another, and so on, so that by proper alternations offeed and water, the animals may be kept in as good and. healthy a condition, while on transit, as it stalled in a barn.

Claims.

I claim as my invention- 1. A cattle-oar, with removable transverse partitions or gates E, hinged adjnstahly to the outside, constructed with open spaces 2, and downwardly-projeoting bars a, and adapted to operate substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the gates E,the yoke-bars G, for fastening the animal, as explained.

Tothe above speeiticationnf my improvement in stock-cars, I have signed my hand, this 2d day of August, 1869.

ZADOK STREET.

\Vitnesses:

Oo'ravms KNIGHT, 1*. F. MARBURY, Jr. 

